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Latitude
Longitude
Map Skills
Types of Maps
Mixed Review
100
Latitude lines run around the globe in what directions?
What is East and West
100
Longitude lines run in what direction?
What is North and South
100
North, East, South and West are call what?
What is Cardinal Directions.
100
A historical map shows what kind of information?
Information about battles between armies
100
How many continents are there? What are their names?
7 Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America, Australia, Europe, South America
200
Latitude lines measure the distances from what main latitude line?
What is the equator
200
What is a another name for Longitude lines?
What is meridians.
200
Lines of latitude and longitude have numbers written by them to determine absolute location. What are those numbers called?
What is degrees
200
Land forms, oceans, and rivers are found on what type of map?
Physical Map
200
The prime meridian and equator are located at what degree?
What is 0.
300
Another name for latitude lines are what?
What is parallels
300
Longitude tells us how far in what direction of the prime meridian you are?
What is East and West
300
What is the purpose or function of lines of latitude and longitude?
To find an absolute location
300
What type of label might you find on a political map?
The name of a country
300
What is a model or representation of Earth?
A basketball
400
Latitude lines tell us how far what directions of the equator you are.
What is North and South
400
The prime meridian divides the globe into what two hemispheres?
What is Western and eastern Hemisphere
400
What shape is the planet Earth?
A sphere
400
The largest areas of land are called
Continents
400
How many oceans are there? What are their names?
4 Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic
500
The latitude line the equator divides the globe into what two hemispheres?
What is North and South Hemispheres.
500
What degree does the main line of longitude run?
0 degrees
500
What is half of a sphere?
Hemisphere What are the four hemispheres?
500
What two lines divide the Earth in half?
Equator and Prime Meridian
500
When coordinates are given, which line is always given first?
Latitude